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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

In suspecting toxicological cause for a patient's illness, EMS providers often inspect the patient's home for empty pill bottles or chemical containers to find the possible substance that might have been ingested. In cases where such evidence is unavailable, careful history taking and assessment of the signs and symptoms presented by the patient would be key to identification of the substance. In this week's episode of the MedicCast podcast for EMT's, paramedics and EMS students, host Jamie Davies does another tox tidbit segment with Lisa Booze of the Maryland Poison Center where they talk about toxic syndromes, otherwise known as toxidromes. The discussion includes the types of toxidromes commonly seen and how to recognize these toxidromes. The show also includes EMS in the news and tip links for follow up and further review.

Monday, July 19, 2010

This week on the MedicCast, emergency medicine providers will have a brief overview on allergies including it's causes, how it comes about, as well as prehospital measures and interventions. Though allergies are not that life threatening and often resolve on its own, severe allergy attacks call for immediate interventions and emergency medications. Also in the show are EMS in the news and links for this week's tip for further review.

Monday, July 12, 2010

This week on the MedicCast, Jamie Davis, the podmedic, features an episode on Asthma or Reactive Airway Disease. The discussion includes symptoms, causes, emergency measures, prehospital treatment and medications for asthma. News items for EMS providers are also included in the show.

Monday, July 05, 2010

Since MedicCast host Jamie Davis, the podmedic is on vacation, this week's episode of the MedicCast is a look back on a previous MedicCast Live episode recording with Dr. Ginger Campbell talking about online medical consults, what she looks forward to hearing from medics when they call in from the base station radio. Learn more about the advantages and disadvantages of online medical consults and how it affects the EMS system.

About Jamie Davis, the Podmedic

is an RN, paramedic, educator, podcaster, and social media consultant.

Jamie produces several podcasts covering medical subjects and is the managing director of the ProMed Network, a collection of medical podcasts from some of the top medical podcasters in the marketplace.(ProMedNetwork.com)